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Many authors wrongly believe that publishing is printing. Printing is just one step of the publishing process, as is writing the work itself.

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Distributors and wholesalers generally ask for a 50-55% discount from the retail price of the book from the publisher, and then re-sell the book to the bookseller at 40% from the retail price

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An author gives up all rights to the work when commercially publishing. If the publishing company is assuming the significant risk and expense to publish a book, they want the right to prepare the material in a way that they deem will return the most money back to them in terms of sales

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As the name implies, Self-publishing means the author becomes the publisher. All of the steps performed by the commercial publisher are performed by the author.

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The Library of Congress is responsible for administering the copyright program for the U.S. Government. To get a copyright, you simply send a TX form (TXU for unpublished work and TX for published ((printed)) works) along with a competed copy of the unpublished manuscript or two copies of the printed book, along with the current registration fee